Parents and guardians can be a powerful resource for teachers, but it takes skill and confidence to build partnerships, or parentships, and proactively engage in a positive way. Kyle Palmer draws from his experience as both principal of a model PLC school and as a parent to offer practical strategies for including parents or guardians as part of your collaborative culture focused on student learning.

PreK–12 teachers, counselors, social workers, and principals will:

• Understand the basics of PLCs and parentships.
• Learn how parentships can integrate into and enhance the PLC process.
• Create mission and vision statements for parentships in a PLC.
• Use specific strategies to enhance your parentship and engage effectively with parents.
• Maintain an effective parentship into the future.

Contents:

Introduction

Part I: Foundations of Parentships in a PLC

Chapter 1: Understanding Parentships in a PLC

Chapter 2: Creating Parentships in a PLC

Chapter 3: Creating Shared Mission and Vision Statements for Your Parentship

Chapter 4: Creating Values and Goals for Your Parentship

Part II: Strategies for Parentships in a PLC

Chapter 5: Strategies Related to Curriculum

Chapter 6: Strategies Related to Individual Student Progress

Chapter 7: Strategies Related to Parental Engagement

Chapter 8: Strategies for Building Stronger Parent Relationships

Chapter 9: Strategies for Monitoring and Sustaining Your Parentship

Epilogue: Now What?

References and Resources

Index